A jury convicted Ivanez of first-degree intentional homicide for the death of Stephanie Romero. He also was found guilty of hiding a corpse, for hiding the victim's body in a crawlspace of an abandoned house.

According to the complaint, Ivanez, who was 17 at the time, and Romero had gone to the house last April. When other friends arrived, they found Romero on the floor bleeding from her mouth.

Ivanez stomped on Romero before one friend helped him carry Romero to a bathroom, where Ivanez then stabbed her.

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